Our race director, Yishai, has been wanting to do another 24-hour race in the Sierra for a long time. The last one we did was a lot of work and in conjunction with shorter race and really took it out of us.

Since that one race a few years ago, he’s been exploring his childhood stomping grounds – the Western Sierra by Huntington and Shaver Lake – but the course is extremely challenging and just does not provide the infrastructure to make it a solid “yes.”

This year, after many years of success putting on races, I suggested we consider doing one on the Eastside (my stomping grounds in my early 20s). It’s a world-class destination that’s not overplayed by any stretch of the imagination, there are no competing adventure racers near by, and it’s got everything we need to pull it off.

Everybody in the area, figuring out how to make this work.

Yishai started with the land managers who were all beyond eager to help us. Throughout the week we met with ALL of them: BLM, Department of Water and Power for the City of LA, US Forest Service, City of Bishop, City of Mammoth, Mammoth Mountain, and Cal Trans. In fact, in an unprecedented experience, we had them all in one room! Everyone was eager to help us get it done, “This area needs more of this kind of thing,” many going out of their way to research and recommend areas based on our needs.

We spent six days exploring the area, me taking Yishai to all of my favorite spots, and discovering new ones. We can’t give you all the details, but here are some shots from the trip to get you excited!

All Out 24 Eastside

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

Getting into it

Race director for scale

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

Looking north to Mono County

Looking South

Pet Cemetary

Say hi to Dusty

That's my dog, there. <3

Fools for Mules

Bishop's Mule Days is second-to-last weekend in May.

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Looking West

Foot of the White Mountains

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

High sierra meets high desert

Getting into it

Getting into it

Race director for scale

Race director for scale

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

Getting into Bishop from 6

Looking north to Mono County

Looking north to Mono County

Looking South

Looking South

Pet Cemetary

Pet Cemetary

Say hi to Dusty

That's my dog, there. <3

Crowley Lake, frozen

Say hi to Dusty

That's my dog, there. <3

Fools for Mules

Bishop's Mule Days is second-to-last weekend in May.

Looking over the rim

No adventure dogs were harmed in the making of this adventure race.

Fools for Mules

Bishop's Mule Days is second-to-last weekend in May.

Looking West

Foot of the White Mountains

Looking West

Foot of the White Mountains

High sierra meets high desert

Truck and adventure buddies

Thank goodness for the ol' 4-banger 4x4

High sierra meets high desert

Out to Bishop from the Tablelands.

Getting into Bishop from 6

Getting into Bishop from 6

Crowley Lake, frozen

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Crowley Lake, frozen

Looking over the rim

No adventure dogs were harmed in the making of this adventure race.

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

Truck and adventure buddies

Thank goodness for the ol' 4-banger 4x4

Twin Lakes, Mammoth

Looking over the rim

No adventure dogs were harmed in the making of this adventure race.

Out to Bishop from the Tablelands.

Mammoth Mountain

Truck and adventure buddies

Thank goodness for the ol' 4-banger 4x4

Getting into it

Getting into it

Mammoth Rock

Race director for scale

Race director for scale

Out to Bishop from the Tablelands.

Twin Lakes, Mammoth

Mammoth Mountain

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

View from Mammoth Rock

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

Mammoth Rock

Twin Lakes, Mammoth

Looking north to Mono County

Looking north to Mono County

Mammoth Mountain

View from Mammoth Rock

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Mt Tom and Wild Cherry Canyon

Looking South

Looking South

Mt Tom and Wild Cherry Canyon

Mammoth Rock

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

Pet Cemetary

Pet Cemetary

The Buttermilks

The Buttermilks

Say hi to Dusty

That's my dog, there. <3

Say hi to Dusty

That's my dog, there. <3

Getting into it

View from Mammoth Rock

Fools for Mules

Bishop's Mule Days is second-to-last weekend in May.

Fools for Mules

Bishop's Mule Days is second-to-last weekend in May.

Mt Tom and Wild Cherry Canyon

Race director for scale

Heading into the mountains, and the snow

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

Heading into the mountains, and the snow

Looking West

Foot of the White Mountains

Looking West

Foot of the White Mountains

The Buttermilks

Looking north to Mono County

Weee!

High sierra meets high desert

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Weee!

High sierra meets high desert

Looking South

We didn't know what that thing was, but it was huge!

Heading into the mountains, and the snow

Pet Cemetary

Getting into Bishop from 6

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

We didn't know what that thing was, but it was huge!

Weee!

Say hi to Dusty

That's my dog, there. <3

Getting into Bishop from 6

High above 168

Getting into it

Bishop, CA

We didn't know what that thing was, but it was huge!

Fools for Mules

Bishop's Mule Days is second-to-last weekend in May.

High above 168

Crowley Lake, frozen

Bishop, CA

Cute town, lots of great amenities.

Crowley Lake, frozen

Race director for scale

Round Valley

Bishop, CA

Bishop, CA from the grade

Round Valley

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.

Our proposed finish

Bishop City park

High above 168

Looking over the rim

No adventure dogs were harmed in the making of this adventure race.

Bishop, CA from the grade

Looking over the rim

No adventure dogs were harmed in the making of this adventure race.

Looking West

Foot of the White Mountains

Independence sunset

Bishop, CA

Independence sunset

Truck and adventure buddies

Thank goodness for the ol' 4-banger 4x4

Looking north to Mono County

Round Valley

High sierra meets high desert

Truck and adventure buddies

Thank goodness for the ol' 4-banger 4x4

Getting into it

Bishop, CA from the grade

Out to Bishop from the Tablelands.

Race director for scale

Looking South

Out to Bishop from the Tablelands.

Independence sunset

May or may not be a TA

Maybe keep a little money on you. The food's great, the service is surly.